The Undergraduate Programme in Geological Engineering (PGE), in the Post-Bologna version, came into operation in the 2006/2007 academic year. The PGE is a 3 year course, 6 semesters, corresponding to 180 ECTS. The course is accredited by the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) for the maximum period (6 years; last evaluation in 2017) and was awarded the EUR-ACE® Bachelor Label by the Portuguese Engineering Association Accreditation Agency, also for 6 years (2017-2023).
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Objectives
Geological Engineering is an engineering specialty that applies principles, concepts, and techniques of the Geological Sciences in solving engineering problems that involve the Earth and its functioning as a geodynamic system.
The Earth Sciences and Engineering are considered as major areas of knowledge in many of the most developed countries of the World. They constitute a fundamental basis for the development of society and the welfare of humanity. Raw-materials, water, energy (oil, natural gas, coal, geothermal), construction and public works are essential and indispensable to today's society. The search and exploitation of natural resources, the issues associated with appropriate regional and urban planning and the resolution and mitigation of environmental problems resulting therefrom, are some of the core activities of the Geological Engineer.
The PGE at NOVA School of Science & Technology aims to prepare graduates with solid basic training in the areas of the Geosciences and Engineering Sciences which, together with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Sciences and Informatics, provide the knowledge to work in numerous fields of applied and technological nature.
